Len Germinara is author of 7collections of poetry. His work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. He was the 2003 winner of the Cambridge Poetry Award for best narrative poem. His collection of poems “Back Story” is available from Amazon Books. He is a founding member of Spoken Word Nantucket and the Moors Poetry Collective. Len ran a Spoken Word venue on Nantucket for 12 years and one in Southern Massachusetts for 4 years. In addition he has provided literacy workshops on poetry and bookbinding for a host of schools in Massachusetts and Colorado for over 15 years. Recently moved to California, Len is co-host along with Frank Graham, of The Last Monday giving series at the Sacramento Poetry Center and co-host along with CharRon Smith, of the Sacramento Poetry Centers quarterly poetry slam. Len Germinara web page.
Nena Larieze (lar-eeze) is a mother of three ridiculously rambunctious children, an educator, yogi, and writer of trauma informed poetry and prose whose featured performances include Queen Bean Coffee in Modesto; Lit Hop in Fresno; and Bad Ass Coffee in Orlando. She has a collection of poetry and nonfiction prose entitled Activistic, available on www.amazon.com.
